Bed-wetting

There is individual difference in growth of children, thus, it is difficult to pinpoint bed-wetting up till what age should be regarded as enuresis nocturna. However, it can be diagnosed as enuresis nocturna if the child wets bed every day though he/she is ten years old or more. It is not enuresis nocturna is he/she wets bed a several times a year or once a month.

Bed-wetting will be divided into five major types as following:

Type A: The tension of the muscle of the bladder is too strong.
1, The patient will wet the bed in about 30 minutes to 2 hours after going to bed.
2, Amount of urine on the bed is little.
3, The patient wets the bed many times at night.
4, Urination is frequent in daily life.
5, The patient often has stomachache.

Type B： The external urethral sphincter is weak.
1, It is not possible to endure when the micturition desire is felt, and he/she often fails.
2, Muscular power is weak, and he/she is not good at sports(especially, horizontal bar game).
3, He/she becomes tired easily, and is not so active.
4, He/she is allergic constitution or catches a cold well.
5, He/she cannot keep correct posture.
6, He/she is easy to cause anorexia, diarrhea, and constipation, etc.

Type C: The spinal reflex is slow.
1, He/she is easy to stumble very much, and stumbles on the stairs.
2, He/she forgets to take shoes off when going in to a house or forgets to knock the door before entering someone else's room; depending on which culture/environment he/she comes from.
3, The bone and the fingernail are weak.
4, The vulva is always damp.

Type D: The reaction of the brain center is slow.
1, He/she tends to be asleep, and is hard to wake up.
2, He/she acts like sleepwalking.

Type E: Constitution of excessive sensitivity to cold.
1, He/she wets the bed in the morning. Amount of urine at one time is large.
2, The frequency of the bed-wetting increases when it becomes cold though it decreases comparatively in summer.
3, The body is cold and he/she is exceedingly sensitive to the cold. And, he/she likes warm food.
4, There are a lot of slaver.

It is further divided into various types such as combined type. A client fits with only one of these type will be rare.

Chinese herbal medicine often used for bed-wetting.

★SYOU-KENCHYU-TO
★HOCHYU-EKKI-TO
★KEISHI-KA-RYUKOTSU-BOREI-TO
★NINJIN-TO
★CHIBAKU-JIOHU-GAN
★ROKUJOHU-DAIHO-TO
★HACHIMI-JIOHU-GAN

Other Chinese herbal medicine many be used according to a constitutional predisposition.

Not only the Chinese herbal medicine but also training is necessary for treating the bed-wetting. The bed-wetting doesn't recover over a night. Timely treatment without hurry or panic as to obtain effective result is the key.
Moreover, the bed-wetting of the adult has increased recently. Many people are worried alone because bed-wetting of grown-ups seems embarrasing. A serious disease might be hidden in the bed-wetting of the adult, therefore, please do consult with me.

Taking Chinese herbal medicine with amateur judgment showld be avoided. Please be sure to consult with the TCM specialist before taking it.

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